name day

noun

the feast day of a saint whose name one bears

• Hypernyms: ↑saint's day

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noun

1. : the day of the saint whose name one bears

2. : the day under London stock exchange rules on which a ticket giving the name of the buyer of securities and the consideration is issued by the purchasing broker to the seller to be passed through the hands of all the parties to the transaction to the original seller so that the middlemen may settle differences and the actual transfer be made between the final holder of the ticket and the issuing broker

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1. the feast day of the saint after whom a person is named.

2. the day on which a person is christened.

[1715-25]

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name day noun

1. The feast-day of the saint whose name one was given

2. The day when a ticket bearing the buyer's name, etc is given to the seller, ticket day (stock exchange)

3. The day on which a name is bestowed

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Main Entry: ↑name

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name day UK US noun [countable] [singular name day plural name days]

in the Catholic religion, a special day celebrated each year in honour of the particular saint that a person is named after

Thesaurus: birthdays and anniversaries_hyponym saints and sainthood_hyponym

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name day,

1. the day sacred to the saint whose name a person bears: »

The men were celebrating the Feast of St. Nicholas, the Czar's name day, with banquets and vodka (New Yorker).

2. the day on which a child is named.

–name´-day´, adjective.

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n. the feast day of a saint after whom a person is named

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ˈname day 7 [name day] noun

a day which is special for a Christian with a particular name because it is the day which celebrates a ↑saint with the same name